mince words

mince words

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• 网络闪烁其辞；兜圈子；吞吞吐吐

英汉解释

un.	1. to be careful about what you say in order to be polite or not offend someone

例句

Clearly, after years of political clashes, the two men do not care for each other, and they did not mince words.

显然，经过多年的政见过节，两人并不体恤对方。并且口无遮拦。

McWhorter does not mince words in ascribing the problem to a historically determined defect of American black culture.

弥沃特并没有委婉地将问题归咎于：历史决定了美国黑人文化的缺陷。

Not to mince words , I don't really like you and tolerate your presence only because you're my daughter's friend .

坦率地讲，我不是真正喜欢你，我容你的来访，只是因为你是的我女儿的朋友。

WHEN China's sovereignty is at issue Global Times, a Beijing newspaper, does not mince words.

当《环球时报》将中国主权作为话题时，这家北京的报纸并不讳言。

I wish you didn't mince words every time we need to resolve a problem. Just tell me what you think.

我希望每次我们需要解决问题的时候你不要总是闪烁其词。你有话就直。

She didn't mince words - she just told him he was useless.

她没有转弯抹角，而是直截了当地说他这人真没用。

"I don't mince words on the situation in Afghanistan, " Faulkner told reporters in Sydney on Friday.

福克纳星期五在悉尼告诉记者：“我不会夸大阿富汗环境的艰辛。”

In Argentina I used to express myself honestly and directly, but in China people like to mince words.

在阿根廷人们喜欢直抒己见，但在中国大家说话时都比较委婉。

You don't need to mince words, just say how you really feel about me getting promoted over you.

你不必就？邓祷埃？直接说出我抢去你升职机会的感受吧！

Don't mince words: say what you mean.

不要忌讳：把你的意思直说出来。

The teacher didn't mince words in telling the students of their poor homework.

老师毫不客气地告诉学生说他们的家庭作业做得太差劲。

Jobs called Parker and didn't mince words: "Why are you doing this? It's not your core business! "

乔布斯打电话给帕克，直截了当地告诉他：“你为什么要这样做呢？这不是你的核心业务！”